Selections

Selections of poems and fiction, sampling the richness and variety of the hundreds of authors in the issues. Plus a chance to hear and see a few of the authors in performance.


Selected Issue: Banipal 42, New Writing from the Emirates (2011)

FICTION


Abdul Hamid Ahmed

A short story – The Palm Tree said to the Sea

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FICTION


Ali Abu al-Reesh

Excerpt from Running from a Lion

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FICTION


Aisha al-Kaabi

Four Very Short Stories

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FICTION


Nasser al-Dhaheri

A Short Story - The Stone of Desire

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FICTION


Abdul Hamid Ahmed

A short story – Kuya's Little Things

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POETRY


Nujoom al-Ghanem (Nujum al-Ghanim)

Poems, continued from Banipal 42

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POETRY